Xiao Mu arched his hand and said: "Back to my lord, the military report arrived at the military headquarters yesterday, and after arriving, the news has already come out." This military report also came from the military headquarters...... Military reporting is a prudent matter, and there should not be the slightest sloppiness, and the military department has always been extremely cautious, so there should be no such low-level mistakes. ”

Han Mo bowed slightly, thoughtful.

The Imperial Forest Army is the Royal Guard, and under normal circumstances, if it is not top-secret military intelligence, it will also be informed to the five major battalions, and the situation of the battle of Weiqing is quickly transmitted by military pigeons from the Northwest Army.

Sima Qingtian waited for the opportunity to take a fire attack, which had already been expected by Zhuang Yuan, but the result of this battle was something that Han Mo did not expect.

He frowned, pondered for a moment, and finally remembered Princess Xiu, with her intelligence network, she should know what was going on over there, and she got up and was about to enter the palace, but Xiao Mu had already said: "My lord, there is another thing that is a little strange!" ”

"What?" Han Mo asked.

Xiao Mu took a step forward and said softly: "My lord, our Leopard Assault Camp has been holding military exercises in the past few days, and the Fengxiang Camp is also holding military exercises ......!" ”

"I know at this point." Han Mo nodded and smiled faintly.

The Fengxiang battalion is a battalion led by Su Yuting, Han Mo began to hold a large-scale military exercise in the battalion five days ago, and took this opportunity to select several capable soldiers from them and promoted them to low-level generals in the battalion, so he naturally took this opportunity to beat down many thorns.

Su Yuting's side also didn't know why, maybe it was a coincidence, and a military exercise was also held in the past few days, which is said to be more lively than the Leopard Surge Camp.

Xiao Mu said: "My lord naturally knows that there is also a military exercise over there. It's just that something happened today, which is quite strange! ”

"Oh?"

"I got the news that Su Yuting personally rode a horse to try out during today's military exercise, but fell off his horse in front of all the soldiers." Xiao Mu frowned: "I heard that the injury was not light, and he was sent back to Su Mansion by his subordinates, and the palace even sent a doctor to diagnose and treat it." ”

Han Mo said incredulously: "Falling off the horse? Su Yuting? Is this news true? ”

"It's true." Xiao Mu nodded and said, "My subordinates didn't believe it at first, with Su Yuting's ability, how could he fall off the horse?" And with his ability, even if he fell off the horse, he couldn't be injured. However, the subordinates then sent someone to inquire and confirm that the matter was true. ”

"You're right, Su Yuting is skilled in horsemanship and strong in martial arts, he fell off his horse and was injured, it's incredible." Han Mo put his hands behind his back and squinted his eyes.

"Some people in our Leopard Camp have some personal relations with the Fengxiang Battalion, but they got some news, it is said that Su Yuting has been in poor health recently, and he is already a little unwell, and this military exercise is presided over by him with illness." Xiao Mu said: "He fell off the horse, it may be a physical illness ......!" ”

Han Mo didn't speak, he was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "I know." ”

……

Xiuchun. In the palace, Han Mo still saw Princess Xiu in that elegant residence.

"There's nothing wrong with the military report." Princess Xiu smiled faintly and said: "After Sima Qingtian entered the customs, he has not launched a large-scale attack, many people are surprised, I am afraid that few people can think that he is actually waiting for the best time to burn Longshan." ”

Han Mo's officials in the West Flower Hall are only active in Beijing now, and the intelligence work on the periphery is now all done by Princess Xiu's East Flower Hall.

The military report obtained by the Ministry of War is not even as detailed as that of Princess Xiu.

"But I don't understand, since Sima Qingtian sent people to burn the mountain, and Longshan was burned for a hundred miles, why did the military newspaper say that the Wei army was defeated?" Han Mo leaned back in his chair, frowning, very puzzled: "The Qing army is arrayed in Longshan, and the mountains are full of their soldiers, and that fire will definitely burn many people to death." ”

Princess Xiu smiled softly, her eyes flowed, and said, "You underestimate Shang Zhongli too much." Sima Qingtian is certainly a famous general in the world, but Shang Zhongli's ability is not worse than him. Shang Zhongli is the best defensive general in the world, he has been arranging in Longshan for a long time, and it is not easy to defeat him with a fire! ”

"What does the princess mean is that Shang Zhongli had long expected that Sima Qingtian would burn the mountain, so he was prepared?"

Princess Xiu nodded slightly, "Exactly." ”

"But even if you're prepared to fend off a fire, how do you do that?" Han Mo was still puzzled.

Zhuang Yuan talked about Sima Qingtian burning Longshan that day, and he felt that if Sima Qingtian really used fire attack, although it would be quite bad, but in terms of tactics alone, it was really a great trick.

It was late autumn, the grass and trees were dry, and the fire was together, and the Qing army was bound to suffer countless losses.

Princess Xiu didn't answer immediately, but walked to the side, actually took out a scroll, handed it to Han Mo, and said with a charming smile: "Look at this picture, you understand everything!" ”

Han Mo took the scroll, opened it, put it on the table, pressed his hand on the table, and carefully looked at the picture.

This picture is very good, and it means clear and clear. In the painting, there is a picture of Longshan, which has been filled with a fire, and it can be seen that a large number of Wei soldiers have rushed to the top of Longshan.

But in this picture, there is a picture that surprised Han Mo.

I saw that the Longshan in this painting was densely covered with countless small pits, although the Longshan in the fire was a mess, but from those dense pits, there were Qing soldiers holding big knives coming out of it.

Some of them came out of the pit, some of them had already come out of the pit, raised their knives and slashed at the Wei soldiers who passed by the pit, and some of the Qing soldiers were still in the pit, but they were carrying spears and penetrating the chests of the Wei soldiers.

The whole picture is magnificent, flesh and blood flying, and those Qing troops are like ghosts that come out of the ground, mercilessly killing the Wei army that rushes up Longshan.

At this moment, Han Mo finally understood Shang Zhongli's countermeasures.

Princess Xiu picked up the teacup, blew lightly, and then took a sip lightly, then smiled softly and said, "What happened, you should know by now, right?" ”

Han Mo sat down and sighed, "Shang Zhongli ...... It's amazing! ”

Princess Xiu said with a smile: "The flying pigeon biography I got for the first time is the same as what you know, and I don't know how Shang Zhongli turned defeat into victory." However, the people of the palace hurriedly sent back a detailed battle report for eight hundred miles, and even presented this painting, and I only then knew that Shang Zhongli was known as the first defensive general, and was called the old fox, and it was indeed worthy of his reputation. ”

Han Mo looked at the dense small pits full of mountains on the painting, and still felt incredible, and said, "These pits, I'm afraid Shang Zhongli has prepared them a long time ago. ”

Princess Xiu said calmly: "Late at night on October 17, before the hour passed, the Wei army began to attack Longshan, but Shang Zhongli laid several fortifications at the foot of Longshan Mountain, and the Wei army attacked for more than two hours, only breaking through the weakest first fortification, and lost a lot of soldiers. In the face of the second line of fortifications, the Wei army slowed down the attack, and when it first entered Yin, the mountains of Longshan near a hundred miles to the west suddenly rose dozens of fire points, the weather was dry, the grass and trees were dry, and the wind helped the fire, and in just a moment, the entire Longshan was already shrouded in fire. ”

Han Mo looked at Princess Xiu and listened carefully.

"The fire broke out, the Qing army's position was in chaos, and the morale of the Wei army was greatly boosted, one side was lost, the Wei army attacked with infantry on all fronts, and the Qing army retreated to both wings in a panic." Princess Xiu seemed to be telling a plain story, and her voice was very calm: "The fire burned for two hours, and at that time the sky was already bright, the mountains were in shambles, and the fire was getting smaller. The Wei army then rushed to Longshan, preparing to take advantage of the situation to take the entire Longshan mountain range in one fell swoop, but a scene that appeared in this painting occurred. The Wei soldiers who rushed up the mountain were attacked by the Qing army that came out of the ground, caught off guard, and suffered countless casualties, while the Qing army, which retreated to the two wings and was pursued by the Wei army, turned around and attacked from both sides, the Wei army on the mountain was attacked and defeated, and the Qing army attacked from three sides on both wings and Longshan, and the Wei army retreated, with countless casualties. ”

Han Mo's eyes flashed, he could imagine how fierce and cruel the battle was at that time.

Sima Qingtian worked hard and planned for a long time, but he didn't want to be calculated by Shang Zhongli early.

More than ten years ago, Sima Qingtian was defeated at the hands of Shang Zhongli and returned from the defeat of Qingguo.

More than ten years later, Sima Qingtian tried his courage in lying on his back, led the troops to commit another offense, and vowed to be ashamed, but this first large-scale confrontation was calculated by Shang Zhongli and slapped him fiercely.

Shang Zhongli is indeed worthy of being the national pillar of Qingguo, and even more worthy of the name of "Holy General".

"It's just that Sima Qingtian is also a generation of famous generals, the Wei army was defeated, but he led the strongest trump card in his hand, and three thousand iron horses rode out to resist." Princess Xiu chuckled and said, "Fortunately, there are three thousand iron horses to ride, like a tiger entering the flock, to resist the counterattack of the Qing army." The Qing army took a big advantage in the mountains and chased it to the plain area below the mountain, which was no match for the Wei cavalry. The iron horse cavalry blocked the counterattack of the Qing army, stabilized the military heart of the Qing army, and the combat effectiveness of the Wei army was much stronger than that of the Qing army...... Fortunately, Shang Zhongli knew his weakness and ordered the Qing army to retreat, and their previous counterattack had already recaptured the defensive positions they had abandoned before, and they were regrouped at this time, and the cavalry could not attack, not to mention that just after a big defeat, with countless casualties, Sima Qingtian ordered to withdraw and rectify...... In this fire of the Wei army, the number of Qing troops burned to death was very small, but he was in the middle of the plan, with thousands of casualties, and did not occupy an inch of land in Longshan, which can be said to be a big defeat! ”

Han Mo shook his head and said, "Sima Qingtian is still too underestimated against the enemy. Before the Qing army feigned retreat, he should have ordered the fortifications at the foot of the mountain to be destroyed before climbing the mountain. ”

"Shang Zhongli's fortifications, they were all repaired for several months, a large number of people were mobilized, and countless silver dollars were consumed, how could they be so easy to destroy." Princess Xiu glanced at Han Mo with a lot of charm: "And at that time, the fire burned the mountain, who could have known that Shang Zhongli had already taken countermeasures against the old fox, and the Wei army only thought that this battle would be a great victory...... In that situation, I am afraid that even Sima Qingtian wants to take some Longshan earlier, and those ordinary soldiers only think about capturing Longshan and rewarding them for their merits. ”

"Take Longshan, look at a horse Pingchuan, the Qing army on the plain is by no means the enemy of the Wei army, can only retreat to Wancheng, and the Wei army can surround Wancheng, as long as the city is broken, take Shang Zhongli, and destroy Qingguo will be just around the corner." Han Mo sighed: "With such a temptation, people naturally want to fight a battle!" ”

"It's a pity that this battle has not been decided." Princess Xiu said with a smile: "However, although Qingjun won this first game, the next situation is even more severe. Her eyes flowed, and her eyes were like autumn water: "Although Sima Qingtian was defeated, he was ...... at this time I'm just afraid that I'm happy! ”

"What does the princess say about this?" Han Moqi said.

Princess Xiu's pink lips opened lightly, and she said softly: "There is a change ...... in the north of Qingguo!" ”

"The Northern Barbarians ......!" Han Mo immediately frowned.